Friday, June 9 – Sunday, June 11, 2017
The Feminine Mystic: American Prophetesses and the Politics of Religious Experience hosted jointly by Bard College at Simon’s Rock and Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon
| 4:30-5:15 p.m. | Registration/Check-In | Blodgett House |
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| 5:30 p.m. | Dinner | Blodgett House |
| 7:00 p.m. |
Keynote Speaker: Eileen Myles Free and open to the public |
Kellogg Music Hall |
| 8:00-9:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast | Liebowitz Center |
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| 9:00-10:45 a.m. |
Presentations: Women, Religion, and Gender Emily Bailey, Towson University |
Liebowitz Center |
| 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. |
Roundtable I: Sex, Gender, and Religion: The Shaker Challenge Moderated by Jane F. Crosthwaite, Mount Holyoke College |
Liebowitz Center |
| 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Lunch | Liebowitz Center |
| 1:30-3:00 p.m. |
Presentations: Women, Religion, and Public Life Margaret Lowe, Bridgewater State University |
Liebowitz Center |
| 3:15-4:30 p.m. |
Roundtable II: Women, Religion, and Public Life Moderated by Laura Hymson, Bard High School Early College Queens |
Liebowitz Center |
| 4:30-5:30 p.m. | Afternoon Tea | Liebowitz Center |
| 6:00 p.m. | Close Encounters with Music: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman | Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center |
| 7:30 p.m. | Dinner | Blodgett House |
| 8:30-9:15 a.m. | Continental Breakfast | Student Union |
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| 9:15-10:00 a.m. | Transit to Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon | Departs from Student Union, Game Room |
| 10:00-10:45 a.m. |
View Exhibition Break Every Yoke: Shakers, Gender Equality, and Women's Suffrage |
Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon |
| 10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. |
Tour Led by Jerry Grant, Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon |
Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon |
| 12:00-1:30 p.m. |
Working Lunch Moderated by Jerry Grant, Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon and Sharon Koolmer |
Forge |
| 1:30-2:30 p.m. |
Closing Plenary: Chris Jennings |
Shaker Museum | Mount Lebanon |